Porifera note details

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ISO 639-3

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Note

Defined as Spongida without evident skeleton. Carter assigned to this 'order' both representatives of Demospongiae (Halisarcida, Chondrosida) and of Homoscleromorpha (Oscarella). This artificial group violates the current classification in separate classes Demospongiae and Homoscleromorpha.